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Amazin69 · 10-06-2022, 03:04 AM

McNeil not only led the NL, but all of baseball. (Luis Arraez won the AL crown with a puny .316.)

Pete tied for top RBI honors with that big guy in the Bronx, 131 apiece. And of course, that fellow hit 62 dingers to lead everyone.

So all the MLB leaders in the "triple-crown" categories were representing NYC. Good year, Big Apple.

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When the Mets led off the second game on Tuesday with three consecutive homers, I flashed back to the first time that happened.

Back in 1987, the Padres' Tony Gwynn, John Kruk, and Carmelo Martinez all took Roger Mason (pitching for the Giants) over the wall to start the game. The twist here is that the Giants won that game, 7-5, and Mason got the win. Points for persistence, there.
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Not that he was second-guessing, Gary Cohen swore, but after Alvarez hit that massive bomb, Gary wondered if perhaps working Alvarez in against the weaker teams (rather than throwing him in at the deep end against the World Champions) might not have helped Francisco find his groove sooner.

I think about it the other way around: maybe the Braves are too good for Alvarez right now. But we also needed his help against the Gnats and Fish and Cubs and A's…maybe if we'd broken him in against the weaker teams, we might have actually taken advantage of that "easy schedule". Oh, well.

10-06-2022, 03:04 AM	#1678
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,938 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	McNeil not only led the NL, but all of baseball. (Luis Arraez won the AL crown with a puny .316.) Pete tied for top RBI honors with that big guy in the Bronx, 131 apiece. And of course, that fellow hit 62 dingers to lead everyone. So all the MLB leaders in the "triple-crown" categories were representing NYC. Good year, Big Apple. ************************ When the Mets led off the second game on Tuesday with three consecutive homers, I flashed back to the first time that happened. Back in 1987, the Padres' Tony Gwynn, John Kruk, and Carmelo Martinez all took Roger Mason (pitching for the Giants) over the wall to start the game. The twist here is that the Giants won that game, 7-5, and Mason got the win. Points for persistence, there. ************************** Not that he was second-guessing, Gary Cohen swore, but after Alvarez hit that massive bomb, Gary wondered if perhaps working Alvarez in against the weaker teams (rather than throwing him in at the deep end against the World Champions) might not have helped Francisco find his groove sooner. I think about it the other way around: maybe the Braves are** too good for Alvarez right now. But we also needed his help against the Gnats and Fish and Cubs and A's…maybe if we'd broken him in against the weaker teams, we might have actually taken advantage of that "easy schedule". Oh, well. Last edited by Amazin69; 10-06-2022 at 03:06 AM.